Absolon as Barber-Surgeon
- Author / Editor
- Walls, Kathryn.
Absolon as Barber-Surgeon
- Published
- Chaucer Review 35: 391-98, 2001.
- Description
- Absolon's profession is reflected in his elaborate hairstyle (rather than tonsure); in his red, white, and blue clothing; and in his choice of the cultour as a tool for revenge. With cutting blade in hand, Absolon takes his "patient" by surprise, striking with "unerring accuracy" the part of the anatomy most familiar to medieval surgeons.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.